Euro Hockey League News - 6th May 2009

In this issue: 

• EHLHOCKEY.TV hits new heights
• Eurosport confirm EHL Final Four coverage 
• Ireland’s Glenanne join Wanderers in EHL 2009-10
• First EHL blogs go live
• Advantage to Ducks in Belgium Finals 


EHLHOCKEY.TV hits new heights!
The Euro Hockey League website has undergone many dramatic changes over the past nine months, and judging by the constantly rising visitor numbers it seems that everyone is enjoying the new developments.

EHLHOCKEY.TV has been hitting new heights in terms of popularity, with the daily news updates, match videos and tournament live streaming features all proving to be big draws to the website. The number of visitors to the site during KO16 Hamburg reached previously unseen levels, with almost 80,000 people logging on over the course of the weekend.

On Tuesday 5th May the total number of unique visitors since the website was re-launched in October stood at over 124,000, with 1.2 million page views. The website is being visited by people from all over the world, with hits being recorded in places far away from Europe including The Philippines, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Chile.

In terms of daily visitors, the site is now recording higher than ever statistics outside of tournament time, and it is expected that these will continue to rise as the website evolves. Additional new features - including more interactivity, enhanced club pages and an expanded blog section - will be added in the coming months. Keep visiting the website to see how it all progresses!


Eurosport confirm EHL Final Four coverage
Leading sport channels Eurosport 2 and Eurosport Asia Pacific will be providing full coverage of EHL Final Four, the event that will feature the Semi Finals and the Grand Final of the Euro Hockey League. The match for 3rd / 4th place will also be broadcasted as part of their coverage of the event.

Eurosport 2 is received by over 32 million homes in 46 countries, while the broadcasts on Eurosport Asia Pacific will take the EHL to an even wider audience, hitting countries such as India, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Discussions are currently taking place with various television companies in Europe and around the world. More broadcasting information will be added to the EHL website in the coming weeks. To read more, click here! 


Ireland’s Glenanne join Wanderers in EHL 2009-10
EHL qualifiers Pembroke Wanderers completed a stunning season with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over fellow Dubliners Glenanne in the Final of the Irish Hockey League at the weekend. However, it was not all doom and gloom for Glenanne as their 5-4 Semi Final victory over Banbridge confirmed their first participation in next season’s Euro Hockey League. For more details, click here! 


First EHL blogs go Live!
Members of the EHL Blog Team have been hard at work to get their first efforts online. Netherlands’ based blogger Wouter Bisschop suggests that surprise Euro Hockey League semi-finalists KHC Leuven could win the EHL, while Club Egara’s resident Englishman Andrew Wilson writes about how Egara and RC Polo had to recover from EHL elimination to fight for the Spanish Play-Offs. Johannesburg-based Mo Malebye tells us what plans are being put in place at the start of the new Olympic cycle in South Africa. For more details about this story, please click here!


Advantage to Ducks in Belgium Finals 
Waterloo Ducks proved to be too good for EHL Semi Finalists KHC Leuven in the first of the three match Belgium Hockey League Play Off Finals that took place at the weekend. The Ducks secured a 4-2 victory in front a huge home crowd to move a step closer to winning the title that they desperately crave after falling at the Semi Final stage last season. To read more about this story, click here! 



You can find more information about all of these stories and many others at www.ehlhockey.tv – the official website of the Euro Hockey League.